LO is 8.5 months old. We have been NTNP for a while. I keep getting "surprised" each month that I am not pregnant, but honestly, it's for the best.
My LO is still waking up every single hour at nighttime (we are lucky to get a three-hour stretch) and so being pregnant right now would be horrible. I would be exhausted! But why on Earth do I still have baby fever? Am I delusional from sleep deprivation?
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Omg I just told my friend I have baby fever today! LO is 9 months old so I'm in the crazy boat with you. FYI-watching birthday videos and looking at old pics does not help.
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I have baby fever too and being pregnant would be awful for me too. Lo is older, 18 months today, but I get such bad migraines when I'm pregnant that it would be impossible to chase around a tiny little toddler all day. They get so bad I cant lift my head off the couch for weeks. It does help when I do get a bad migraine because it scares the crap out of me to think of living like that for 6 months (3rd trimester was migraine free for me last time) ....... but I can't help it if I want to get pregnant. Just minus the migraines.
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@jennylynn: I really want our LOs close together! What age gap do you want?
I don't think I would be AS CRAZY if she was sleeping better. But no matter what we do... we just can't get her night sleep under control. Pregnant mama + no sleep = disaster
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@artbee: So will you be able to have #2 eventually?
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@Rainbow Sprinkles: I want them close together too. I think realistically I'd be scared to death if I was pregnant again already. I just keep thinking- LO will be walking soon and getting into everything. How would I keep up?! DH works 3rd shift so I'm basically on my own during the day.
I bet you're exhausted! I can't even begin to imagine being pregnant and waking up all night like that! Being pregnant is exhausting enough!
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We are going to try soon! I have to regulate my cycle because we are trying for a girl, we are going to try the shettles method.
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We had a "scare" this month, but I was secretly wanting to be pregnant. It didn't happen, but DH realized how much he wanted it, too. We might be crazy, too, but we have the fever!
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I had a miserable pregnancy and I get very little help from my husband with our 7 week old baby, but STILL, I am finding myself already thinking about having another! Those dang poas threads and teeny tiny newborn clothes that J has already grown out of are getting to me! It's probably a good thing, as I'd always wanted 2-3 kids, but swore off having more when I was pregnant... those crazy hormones DO make your forget the bad stuff!
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Yep! You are nuts
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If you are REALLY ready then I think its fine to NTNP. My LO is 18 months and we are just to that stage.
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@Rainbow Sprinkles: Well my mom will be able to watch LO.... she's retired now, nannies for my niece and has someone to help her out in the mornings. It's just a matter of me willing to let go and allowing LO to be away from me for that long. I just got over a two week migraine where my mom would take her in the morning and bring her back at nap time, then DH would come home about an hour after her nap and spend the evening with her and I didn't get to see her all day. It was awful, I hated it, and I couldn't imagine going without seeing her for so long throughout my whole pregnancy.
I'm a SAHM so I spend literally every second with LO now, other then nap time, sleep time, and the occasional date night or an hour massage once a month. I know it'll be worth it for another baby, but I'll miss her so so much
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I don't think you're crazy, I have had baby fever since LO was like 4 weeks old! He's 6 months old now, and we'll most likely wait til he's a year to try.....but I'll probably end up pulling the goalie sooner!
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I think baby fever is uncontrollable. But considering the sleep deprivation you've described...I totally think it's making you slightly delusional!
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@Rainbow Sprinkles: Are you still trying sleep training? Is that helping at all?
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Even with LO only waking up once or twice a night I'm still having a hard time handling pregnancy! You are superwoman!
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@littlek: we have tried a couple times. Doing checks made her so upset and built some major anxiety. So we decided to do extinction. She cried for 3.5 hours NONSTOP!!! We tried again and the same thing happened....and I just can't keep letting her cry that much. We are exploring other options and other methods cuz CIO us just not working with her.
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A little crazy but I'm right there with you, after this months scare the fever is setting in! Sorry your lo isn't sleeping well, hope it gets better soon.
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